The recent news about the Department of Education’s research department Institute awarding the majority of their EdTech allotted Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) innovation grants to gaming companies with promising educational products got me thinking about how my…

My weekly internet finds of note: I loved making maps of imaginary worlds as a child. This guy, however, has turned this hobby into a real work of art, complete with realistic urban planning projections.…

“Aqui No Hay Playa…Vaya, Vaya!” (Los Refrescos 1989) One of the most difficult things about living in Madrid for a water lover like myself is that there is no beach! This is has temporarily stalled my…

This study of social networks in Homer’s Odyssey (via Foreign Policy’s ideas blog) is the latest in a string of network theory studies that have examine history under the lens of network theory. Earlier researchers analyzed…

The most elegant definition of innovation—at least, as it relates to economics—that I have come across is from Swedish Economist, Charles Edquist, who stated simply that innovation is a creation of economic significance. Innovation can occur…